National Tide 1980.

Chapter 208

Huo Xin would never have imagined that her careful design and hard-working performance were completely clever but were misunderstood by her cleverness.

Not only did it not escape Ning Weimin's eyes, but it was self-defeating, which greatly aroused Ning Weimin's resentment and wariness.

Let Ning Weimin become more and more alienated from her in his heart.

Of course, maybe she was wrong from the beginning, because she just didn't understand a truth.

On the emotional battlefield, men are the hunters, the ones who take the initiative, this is their nature.

What would happen if a hunter was chased by his prey and pressed forward every step of the way?

Then the hunter will definitely not be happy, but will feel pressured and panicked.

Therefore, a smart woman should never chase after a man, but should know how to tease a man.

If you are so flirtatious that a man has to chase after him, you should take the initiative to chase after him.

Even if you are not a smart woman, just wait patiently.

With more daily contact, you may be able to unintentionally get to that point in a man's heart, and the effect is far better than painstaking pursuit.

This is indeed the case.

Because even Ning Weimin himself didn't expect that there would be such a time soon.

He had no choice but to chase Huo Xin away, and he was really infinitely grateful to her, almost to the point where he himself felt that it was difficult to repay her.

what's up?

This has to be said about tourist shops and Wenwan calligraphy and paintings.

Seeking truth from facts, the concept of tourism commodities has never existed in our country.

Before liberation, because we had no restrictions on the lives of foreigners.

When foreigners come to China, they want to buy local products and supplies. As long as they spend money, they can achieve their goals.

At the same time, our merchants have always regarded high-end commodities such as antiques, tea, silk, and embroidery as ordinary transactions.

Therefore, no one has ever distinguished this special market demand separately.

Even after the reform and opening up, even in 1979, the "great man" published the Huangshan Talk, clearly calling for the vigorous development of the tourism industry and the promotion of the enrichment and sales of tourism products.

However, under the old thinking mode that has been ingrained for a long time, it is difficult to break through the framework and undergo any fundamental changes in the overall operation mode of the tourism industry.

Relevant departments of the tourism industry still define the operation of tourism products only in the "special store" mode for receiving foreign guests.

What they sell in the tourist shops are all unique modern handicrafts that they think foreign guests will like.

For example, tableware and tea sets from Jingdezhen, jadeware and bracelets from the Jade Factory, bonsai from the Material Factory, silk, paper fans, cloisonne, and the Four Treasures of the Study.

Their so-called response to the call from above is nothing more than opening a few more such stores.

Therefore, for Ning Weimin, such a store is one-size-fits-all, and the selling point of the products is only excellent workmanship.

It's really not worth seeing, and it's not worth buying.

Back then, when he accompanied Lan Lan to visit Beihai and the Forbidden City a few times, he had already had enough.

Even though he is resident in the Zhai Palace, no matter when he is busy or not, he has no interest in these tourist shops in Tiantan Park.

Never been there yet.

But it was a coincidence that Song Huagui called Ning Weimin two days after Zhang Shihui went to drink with Ning Weimin.

Said that in two days she would accompany some guests of the French embassy to visit the showroom of the Zhai Palace.

Let Ning Weimin prepare for the reception.

So that day, after completing the task of receiving the fasting palace, Ning Weimin and Huo Xin naturally had to continue to accompany these French people to visit the Hall of Prayer for Harvests and the Echoing Wall in the Temple of Heaven, and even accompany them to shop.

In this way, he was completely passive in helping with the inquiry, and Ning Weimin found that the handicraft store in the Temple of Heaven was a bit different.

Because there are so few shops that actually sell real things.

Whether it's calligraphy and paintings by famous masters in modern times, three treasures of seal stones, or official kiln porcelain in the middle and late Qing Dynasty that are only allowed to be exported.

And compared to the things sold in Liulichang, the price is [-] to [-]% cheaper.

What is going on here?

After Ning Weimin inquired carefully, he almost slapped himself on the spot, regretting it to death.

I dare to say that these shops selling real gadgets, like the showroom run by Pierre Carton's company, are all foreigners.

They were originally time-honored brands belonging to the cultural relics store system, namely Guanfuzhai, Moyuange, Yueyatang, Yunyuzhai, and Zhenhuange.

It was moved to Tiantan Park on February 1980, 2 in order to cooperate with the renovation project of Liulichang Street by the Bureau of Cultural Relics, and rented a house here for temporary office.

After the reconstruction project is completed, these shops will be moved back to Liulichang.

Needless to say, relying solely on tourists from the Temple of Heaven to do business is naturally not as good as the street in Liulichang.

Because although the number of people is similar, the purpose is much worse.

But the sales tasks arranged by the superiors must be completed as much as possible.

As a result, these time-honored brands whose business has plummeted, in order to maintain their business, consciously lowered their prices.

Especially for those who sell porcelain, it is useless to just point to export sales, and they must also make an opening for domestic sales.

Then think about it, what a big leak this is for Ning Weimin?What a painful lesson again?

It can only be said that there are no absolutes in the world.

A truly smart person wants not to miss a major opportunity.

Then you can't form a patterned thinking about anything, and you must not have prejudices.

In this way, the foreigners were dealt with, and Ning Weimin stopped going to Liulichang.

He found a treasure house that no one touched, and he came to see it almost every day when he was free.

If you come and don't leave, it's simply lingering.

In order to get the goods at a low price, he tried his best to set magnetism with the clerks of these stores.

Tea, soda and snacks for telling jokes.

Isn't it difficult to make friends with a person like him who can speak well and be generous?

So soon he got his wish.

After we got acquainted with each other, they actually gave him a discount of nearly [-]%.

Good guy, good luck to Ning Weimin, and thus started the burst buying mode.

Undoubtedly, his first choice is of course the modern calligraphy and paintings of famous artists.

Because in addition to being easy to store, calligraphy and painting appreciation starts the earliest and has the largest appreciation space.

As a result, over time, Huo Xin also discovered Ning Weimin's hobby.

Because he bought calligraphy and paintings and had to take them back to the office.

And it will be hung on the wall, spread out on the table, and appreciated for a long time.

I don't even care about work, and I don't bother to care about others.

In Huo Xin's view, this is of course intolerable, and it is also an inexplicable obsession.

For example, once, she saw that Ning Weimin bought eight paintings at a time, and looked at each one carefully as soon as he came back.

I finally couldn't take it anymore and asked him directly.

"No, why did you buy these things? Are you okay? What's so good about these calligraphy and paintings?"

As for Ning Weimin, he just admired his new collection and didn't hear Huo Xin's words at all.

Huo Xin was a little anxious, "Hey! What am I talking to you? Do you hear me? He has something to tell you."

And when she lost her temper, she snatched the painting into her hand again just like she did when she snatched the newspaper, and rolled it up.

Doesn't Ning Weimin feel distressed?

I got a little red-eyed on the spot.

Although he didn't dare to snatch it, he scolded him for the first time.

"Hey, what are you doing? You are fucking sick, you! Ask me to turn against you! I hate your virtue the most! You grab things at every turn!"

Seeing that Ning Weimin was really angry, Huo Xin, who felt wronged, was also a little scared.

So while returning the painting, he couldn't help muttering aggrievedly.

"Cut, how stingy! What's the matter? Isn't it just a broken painting, it's worth such a treasure like you?"

Ning Weimin looked at the painting with distress, still complaining about it.

"What do you know? This is culture! Not to mention anything else, I bought a foreign exchange certificate for more than 100. Do you know what is the scariest? Ignorance is the scariest..."

Unexpectedly, although Huo Xin was moved now, he was charged with the crime instead.

"Ah? It's so expensive? Then you almost bought these paintings with your monthly salary? Then you won't be taken advantage of! Ignorance is really terrible."

"No, you..."

"Don't worry, I mean it well. I just want to tell you that the things you bought are worth twenty or thirty dollars. Why are you buying them here? It's too bad..."

Ning Weimin was simply amused by Huo Xin.

"This is the real work! Li Keran, do you understand? Twenty or thirty? If you sell me fifty, I want as much as I have..."

What was even more unexpected was that Huo Xin was even more exaggerated than him, covering his mouth and having fun for a long time.

"Of course I know, what about Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian?"

"I said that twenty or thirty is twenty or thirty. If you don't believe me, I'll take you to buy it. Let's go now, and I'm sure the authenticity will satisfy you. Even if I apologize to you."

"As long as...as long as you don't be so aggressive with me in the future."

Ning Weimin stared at Huo Xin blankly for a while, and felt that she was really not joking, so he suddenly remembered the reason why there should be no prejudice against people or things.

Suddenly it looked awkward.

"This... I'm sorry, I... this... I lost my grace, I did lose my grace just now..."

(End of this chapter)